NIH expects this funding opportunity announcement to be available in Grants.gov "Apply" by late December 2005 or early January 2006. The announcement will also be published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts at the same time.

Applicants are encouraged to prepare themselves and their institutions now to participate in electronic submission through Grants.gov.

For Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs), registration in the NIH Commons is also required. Potential PIs should work with their institutions to make sure they are registered in the NIH Commons. See Preparing for Electronic Submission at http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/preparing.htm for more details. Please direct questions regarding the Commons registration process to the NIH eRA Commons help desk at phone: 301-402-7469/866-504-9552 (Toll Free); 301-451-5939 (TTY) business hours M-F 7am-8pm Eastern Standard Time.